Michael Holley brought up an interesting Stat on Celtics Now last night. He stated that the Lakers are about to set the all time record for fewest fouls call against a team during a season. I thought this was interesting considering most Lakers fans think we're crazy when we say they seem to get most of the calls, at least we have a stat to prove it.

Michael Holley brought up an interesting Stat on Celtics Now last night. He stated that the Lakers are about to set the all time record for fewest fouls call against a team during a season. I thought this was interesting considering most Lakers fans think we're crazy when we say they seem to get most of the calls, at least we have a stat to prove it.Posted by DPG182

We all knew that game 7 was a sham. I am glad you started this discussion. I doubt that Laker fans will admit that the Lakers get favorable treatment from the NBA..

Heard Michael Holly as well on being the least penalized team ever. Consider their advantages with less back to backs than any team of just 15(we had 19). Coupled with the idea they play away games with the Clippers at their home arena and the advantages get pretty tangible. The fact that we hate them so much also complicates it.

For instance, in last years finals, over the entire series, here were the foul stats: Boston - 174 total PF's. LA - 156 total PF's That's not a coincidence or purely chance. Those numbers don't "accidentally" show up. Anyone watching last years finals with an open-mind could easily tell those games were rigged.Posted by vertigho

Out of curiosity, how did those numbers look in games that were either won by Boston or when the game were close?

A pattern with the Lakers, Heat, and now mabey Bulls is to give them enough calls early to help out and sometimes to call the game better toward the end. Look for Koby, the prince, Wade, and Rose to get the phantom calls.

Amazing!! I read earlier that the Lakers had the fewest back2back games of all the NBA teams. Now they're the team with the least fouls called on them Gee, I wish I had David Stern looking out for me like he does the Lakers.Posted by Karllost

I posted this in another thread, but perhaps it deserves another look... the Lakers have the league low of 10 opponents playing them on the second night of a back to back. The Celtics have 18. The Bulls have 26.

In Response to Re: Lakers got the Refs in their pockets? : Out of curiosity, how did those numbers look in games that were either won by Boston or when the game were close?Posted by guyfromtex

I'm not exactly sure, but from my recollection (I looked at the foul stats a number of hours ago), the numbers in the first game of the series were very unbalanced, in favor of LA. Then games 2-5 were pretty balanced, with little difference between the foul numbers. It's game 6 and 7 that the major difference was seen. The foul difference in favor of LA in those two games was unbelievable.

I decided to go to basketball reference and check out the "Holly statement".

Not only was I unable to confirm the statement, but the evidence appears to show that statement is completely unfounded. The Lakers are not even low team on the totem pole this year let alone all time.

While I view the Lakers as the evil empire, it appears that this statement has no basis in reality.

When the commissioner of the league publicly says his dream Finals match-up is Lakers vs. Lakers you don't think the league will do something to tip the scales in their favor? If not you need to pull your head out of the sand!

Michael Holley brought up an interesting Stat on Celtics Now last night. He stated that the Lakers are about to set the all time record for fewest fouls call against a team during a season. I thought this was interesting considering most Lakers fans think we're crazy when we say they seem to get most of the calls, at least we have a stat to prove it.Posted by DPG182

In Response to Re: Lakers got the Refs in their pockets? : I posted this in another thread, but perhaps it deserves another look... the Lakers have the league low of 10 opponents playing them on the second night of a back to back. The Celtics have 18. The Bulls have 26. http://www.nbastuffer.com/2010-2011_NBA_Schedule_Rest_Days_Analysis.html I suspect we can find inequalities everywhere if we are looking for them. Why don't we just play the games instead?Posted by FlobusMcNugget

Flobus, do you seriously think that this is tougher for older teams like the Lakers and Celtics than actually having to play the back to backs? You are seriously looking for inequalities here to justify the lakers easy schedule.